LAPSE:2023.36028
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LAPSE:2023.36028
Ceramics for Building Structures Made from Contaminated Soils: A Fuzzy Logic Intelligence Approach to Circular Mining
June 7, 2023
Soils contaminated by mining activities are a major environmental concern, and to avoid this type of environmental impact, carrying out high-cost processes is necessary. For this reason, a solution is proposed in this study in order to eliminate the soils contaminated by mining activities and, in turn, prevent the soil’s contaminating elements from causing harm. All this is achieved by using contaminated soils as raw materials for the production of ceramics for bricks. For this purpose, the materials were initially characterized physically and chemically, and different ceramic test pieces were manufactured with different percentages of clay and contaminated soil, subsequently determining the physical properties and the leaching of toxic elements. In this way, it was possible to evaluate, via innovative data mining and fuzzy logic techniques, the influence of the contaminated soil's contribution on the properties of ceramics. Based on this, it was possible to affirm that the contaminated soil incorporation negatively affects the physical properties of ceramics as well as the leaching of polluting elements. The ceramic formed by contaminated soil and clay has a lower compressive strength, and it is associated with lower linear shrinkage and lower density, as well as higher porosity and cold-water absorption. However, the addition of different percentages of contaminated soil (up to 70%) to clay created a ceramic that complied with regulation restrictions. Therefore, it was possible to obtain a sustainable material that eliminates environmental problems at a lower cost and that fits within the new circular mining concept thanks to fuzzy logic techniques.
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ceramic, circular mining, construction materials, contaminated soil, data mining, fuzzy logic, mining waste, structures
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Terrones-Saeta JM, Portela DC, Luís AT, Suárez-Macías J, Grande JA. Ceramics for Building Structures Made from Contaminated Soils: A Fuzzy Logic Intelligence Approach to Circular Mining. (2023). LAPSE:2023.36028
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Terrones-Saeta JM: Department of Industrial and Civil Engineering, Campus Bahía de Algeciras, University of Cádiz (UCA), Avda. Ramón Puyol, 11201 Algeciras, Spain; Sustainable Mining Engineering Research Group, Department of Mining, Mechanic, Energetic and Construction E [ORCID]
Portela DC: Department of Algebra, Mathematical Analysis, Geometry and Topology, University of Valladolid, 47011 Valladolid, Spain
Luís AT: Sustainable Mining Engineering Research Group, Department of Mining, Mechanic, Energetic and Construction Engineering, Higher Technical School of Engineering, University of Huelva, Avda. de las Fuerzas Armadas, 21007 Huelva, Spain; Department of Mining, M [ORCID]
Suárez-Macías J: School of Engineering and Architecture, University Alfonso X el Sabio, 28691 Madrid, Spain [ORCID]
Grande JA: Sustainable Mining Engineering Research Group, Department of Mining, Mechanic, Energetic and Construction Engineering, Higher Technical School of Engineering, University of Huelva, Avda. de las Fuerzas Armadas, 21007 Huelva, Spain; Department of Mining, M [ORCID]
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Processes
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11
Issue
5
First Page
1512
Year
2023
Publication Date
2023-05-16
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2227-9717
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PII: pr11051512, Publication Type: Journal Article
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